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Posted: 17 August 2005 at 3:42pm | IP Logged

I'm doing some research into SPD so I can help raise awareness of it.

Could you please answer this for me and give me details if possible.

Thank you for your time. x

Posted: 17 August 2005 at 3:44pm | IP Logged

Ummm... anyone know why I cant vote in my own poll?

Flip??

Posted: 17 August 2005 at 4:30pm | IP Logged

ah you clicked on the wrong thing under the poll when u set it up-i think

not that im any great shakes!

hth jo xx

Posted: 17 August 2005 at 5:36pm | IP Logged

I've contacted the pelvic partnership to try and help them. Eventually I want to orgnaise a flyer to be given out by midwives at the booking in visit and I want to make sure all doctors, consultants etc give the same advice!

My SPD is all but gone but I do get the occassional bad spell where I think its coming back. Hows yours now Stac?

Posted: 17 August 2005 at 5:48pm | IP Logged

Mines has basically gone too but i find it is bad if i am sitting in certain positions it plays up.  Also if i walk about loads it still plays up. 

Sue who did my physio said give it 6mths and if it still plays up then to contact her and she will do some things to help with it.  But its so much better now the thing that scares me now is having another baby as it was so painful don't know how i would cope.

Posted: 17 August 2005 at 5:55pm | IP Logged

I feel the same! DP has said no to anymore kids as he doesnt want me to be in that much pain again!

They told me it'd come on earlier and be worse than before. I had the worst case my hospital had seen for years so it really scares me!

Posted: 18 August 2005 at 9:50pm | IP Logged

I would definetely like to help in any way possible, i didnt know anything about SPD before my 2nd pg, but suspect i had it with my 1st pg but my naff docs in london didnt know anything about the condition or failed to correctly diagnose me. luckily for me since moving to kings lynn my gp is fab and has been excellent b4 and after pg.

i know just how serious the condition can be, my cousin got the worst kind of spd, she had the diastisis(sp) version where her symphisis pubis completely tore and so she ended up bed ridden for 6 months of her 2nd pg and couldnt look after her 2 yr old dd. and has since had an op to repair the damage, she has been advised that her pelvis is now likely to be too weak to carry any more babies.

i agree far more women should be informed of this and even told about it at the beginning of pg, to help look for the symptoms early on and hopefully prevent too much damage being done.

as you can see i feel very strongly on this, mainly as i am still having some problems over 4 months later, i rolled over in bed the other night and ended up in agony for a few days as a result, my gp has said can take upto 6 months to recover, so i am hoping it settles again soon.

any help i can be please let me know i am more than willing to help.